Attachment for phonographs



April 21, 1925.

D. MOINTYRE AiITACl-IMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS Filed April :50. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 JKIIC'Q)? INVENTOR ATTOR N EY WITNESS:

April 21, 1925.

D. M lNTYRE ATTACHMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS Filed April 30. 1 4 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 .MHH lllllllll INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

April 21', 1925. 1 D. MCINTYRE ATTACHMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS Filed April 192 '5 Sheets-Sheet 5 M M W 0 Q.

ATTORNIY WITNESS:

Patented Apr. 21. 1925.

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Application filed April 3d, 1924. Serial No. 7l,122.

T 0 all whom it may come m:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN MoIN'rYaE, a citizen or the United States, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Phonographs, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to a means for providing an ordinary phonograph with a time piece and with means operated thereby for intermittently, and at accurate periods of time for revolving the phonograph table and a chimes record which is arranged thereon so that the chimes will be sounded on the hour or any division thereof desired.

A further ob'ect is the production of an apparatus of t is character by which the phonograph records can be'played in the usual manner without interfering with the. works of the time piece.

With the above broadly stated objects in view and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a phonograph cabinet embodying the improvement.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view therethrough taken to one side of the record table.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure a is a sectional view approximately on the line H of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view approximately on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the clutch carrying arm.

Figure 7 is a side elevation to illustrate the clockwork and the manner in which the striking Wire thereof is extended and formed witha tooth to engage one of the toothed wheels of the improvement.

Figure 8 is a top lan view of the construction disclosed in igure 7..

Figure 9 is a plan view of the chimes record.

In the front of a phonogra h cabinet 1 is arran ed the face or dial 2 o a clockwork disclose in Figures 7 and 8 and broadly indicated by the numeral 3. The clockwork is enclosed in a suitable easing 4:. The clockwork is of the usual construction employed in clocks which strike the hour and the half hour, and therefore a detailed description thereof will not, it is thought, he required. For distinction, however, the striking wheel of the clockwork is indicated by the numeral 5, the same having peripheral teeth or indentures whereby the striking arm of the clock will operate to tap the hell or gong on the hour and on the half hours. Of course, the size of this wheel may be increased so that additional notches may be arranged on the periphery thereof whereby the striker arm will be operated on the quarter hour or at other desired intervals. In the present instance, the bell or gong is dispensed with. The dog carryin element which engages the teeth of the str" er wheel and commonly termed the striker wire is indicated by the numeral 6 and the dog therefor by the numeral 7 The striker wire is swung to bring the dog 7 thereof out of engagement with the teeth oi the striker wheel in the usual manner, that is by arranging on the inner end thereof the lever or extension provided with the ofiset end to be received in one of the notches of a wheel 8, the said wheel being provided with pins 9, opposite its said notches to move the arm out of the notches and to cause the angle end thereof to ride on the periphery of the wheel. As stated, this construction is of the ordinary character, but in carrying out my invention I extend the striker wire 6 beyond its dog 7 and form the outer end thereof with the tooth ll) adapted for engagement between the teeth of a wheelll,

The toothed wheel 10, as disclosed in Figure 3 of the drawin has its shaft 12 journaled through suita le bearings 13 that are secured to the rear of the phone raph cabinet, and the free end of the said s aft 12 has secured thereon a pinion 14. This pinion is in mesh with a similar pinion 15 arranged on one end of a hollow shaft 16. The hollow shaft 16 is, or course, arranged rightangularly with respect to the shaft 12 and has its outer end journaled in a bearing sleeve 17 secured on the inner face of the casing l. The shaft 16 is disposed over the spring motor that revolves the phonograph table. As the table operating roller is of the usual construction a detailed description thereof will not be entered into.

The hollow shaft 16 is ,reierably journaled in bearings 18 secured on the ends of arms 19 that are connected to the rear face of the clock casing suitable means such as collars 20 being adjustably fixed on the hollow shaft and contacting the sides of one of the bearings for holding the hollow shaft from longitudinal movement. On the hollow shaft 16 there is loosely arranged a pinion 21 held from. longitudinal movement by sleeves 22 removably fixed on the said shaft 16. The pinion 21 is in mesh with the wheel 23 journaled in suitable bearings and enga ing a worm 24 on the lower end of the shaft 25 for the turntable 26 of the phonograph. The shaft 25 is operated in the ordinary manner by the motor of the phonograph. lt is, of course, to be understood that the teeth of the wheel 23 that mesh with the teeth of the worm 2% are cut at such angles as to impart a positive drive to the worm.

The winding shaft for the phonograph is indicated by the numeral 27 in Figure 3, and the crank therefor by the numeral 28.

Movable in the hollow shaft and passing through a suitable bearing 29 on the outer face of the case 1 there is a rod 30. The

* rod has on its outer end a milled head 31 and carries a pin 32 that is slidable in a slot 33 in the hollow shaft. {in its inner end there is centrally secured on the rod 80 a substantially el-shaped spring Set, the arched ends of which being rounded inwardly. The spring 34 is in the nature of a clutch member and is designed to be received in the bore 35 of the toothed wheel 21 when the toothed wheel is to be locked to the hollow shaft to cause the clockwork to turn the said shaft and to likewise turn the table carrying shaft 26. If desired, there may be clutch means between the driving means for the shaft 25 and the phonograph motor so that the motor will not be interfered with when'the shaft 25 is turned by the clockwork.

Arranged on the table 25 there is a playing disk 36 of the usual construction. The disk, however, has played thereon the hours and chimes from 1 to 12, the chimes being either of the Westminster or cathedral tone and the disk, when played by the needle in the usual stylus connected with the sound box of the tone arm will sound the chimes at the hours and half hours. As has been previously stated, the chimes may be also sounded at the quarter hours.

The operation of the improvement will, it is thought, be apparent from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the drawings. The spring clutch 35 on thepush rod 30 has its ends passing through suitable slots in the hollow shaft 16, and when moved to the direction illustrated in Figure 4, locks the wheel 21 to the shaft 16. The clockwork has its spring wound in the usual manner and carries the hour and minute hands. When the disk 36 is arranged upon the turntable and the hour ins ance and minute hands are brought opposite the hour character on the dial of the clock the striking wire 6 will be swung to release its dog 5 from the striking wheel, thus releasing the phonograph motor, permitting the same to operate the shaft 25, so that the chimes will be sounded by the phonograph record. As soon as the striking wheel and the notched wheel 8 have traveled a predetermined distance the locking means will be again brought into one of the slots of the wheel 8 swinging the striking wheel to bring its dog into one of the notches on the striking wheel and its outer dog between the teeth of the wheel 11, thus halting the motor. In this manner it will be noted that the chimes will be sounded as long as the clockwork is in operation. ghould it be desired to play a piece from an ordinary phonograph record, the push rod 30 is moved to bring its clutch out of engagement with the bore of the toothed wheel 21, releasing the said wheel from the shaft 16 so that the phonograph motor may be operated in the usual manner, in which instance the worm 15 turns the wheel 13 which in turn imparts motion to the wheel 21, but the latter turns idly over the shaft 16.

l have herein set forth satisfactory embodiment of my improvement as it now ap pears to me, but the nature of the invention. is such as to necessarily render the same susceptible to changes in construction, proportion and other modifications. Therefore, it is to be understood that 1 do not hold myself restricted to the illustrative embodiment herein set forth but am entitled to make such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

Having described the invention, 1 claim 1. in combination with a phonograph having a chimes playing record thereon to be played thereby, of means for permitting the actuation of the phonograph motor to cause the playing of the chimes at determined intervals and for determined periods of time, comprisin in combination, a time piece actuated by a spring influenced train of gears including notched striker Wheel, a dog carrying striker arm to engage the notches of the wheel to normally hold the same from turning, and the means for swinging the striker wire to release the dog when the hands of the time iece are brought opposite hour indicating i gures on the dial thereof, and in which said striker arm is extended and formed with an outer dog, a wheel carrying shaft engaged by the outer dog, a pinion on the shaft, a hollow shaft carrying a pinion in mesh with the first mentioned pinion, a gear loose on the shaft, clutch means operable through the shaft for locking the gear thereto, a wheel in mesh with't'he gear, and a worm on the shaft of the turnable table which is actuated by the honograph motor, meshing with said wheel 2 In combination with a honograph having a chimes playing recon? thereon to be playt'l thereby, of means for permitting the actuation of the phonograph motor to cause the pla ing of the chimes at determined interva s and for determined periods of time, comprisin in combination, a time piece actuated by a spring influenced train'of gears including a notched striker wheel, a dog carrying striker arm to engage the notches ofthe wheel to normally hold the same from turnin and the means for swinging the striker mm to release the dog when the hands of the time piece are brought opposite hour indicating figures on the ial thereof, and in which said striker arm is extended and formed with an outer dog, a wheel carrying shaft engaged by the outer dog, a pinion on the shaft, a hollow shaft, a pinion loose thereon, a push rod in the hollow shaft having a spring clutch movable therethrough to engage the pinion to lock the same to the shaft, means limiting the movement of the push rod when the clutch is in engagement with the pinion or out of such engagement, a Worm wheel in mesh with the pinion, a worm on the shaft for the table of the phonograph with which the worm wheel engages, and said table shaft being operated by the motor of the phonograph, all 'as and for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

DUNCAN MoINTYRE. 

